The Straits Times, 28 May 2008

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 116 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 115/12/2007 WEDNESDAY, MAY 28 2008 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • Article
    Lock icon New flats under stricter rules in hot demand
    426 1  -  Jessica Cheam By DEMAND has been strong for the latest batch of Housing Board (HDB) flats despite new rules designed to prevent frivolous applications. As at spm yesterday, 2,397 applications had poured in for the 1,485 premium flats launched by HDB just
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    Lock icon Aid gets moving to cyclone victims
    570 1  -  Nirmal Ghosh Myanmar allows more relief experts in, but a million people yet to receive help By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok UNITED Nations agencies yesterday reported the beginnings of a long-overdue scale-up in relief efforts for victims of Cyclone Nargis. More disaster relief experts
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  • Article
    Lock icon No petrol, no business
    63 1 PETROL station and business owners in Johor have decried Malaysia's decision to ban the sale of petrol to foreign-registered vehicles within 50km of its borders. It will be curtains for them, they say, because most of their business comes from Singaporeans. Indeed, many Singaporeans plan to
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    Lock icon Ex-Income chief calls truce
    55 1 FORMER chief executive of NTUC Income Tan Kin Lian has decided to call a truce with the insurer and hold back his online protest against its restructuring of k bonus payouts of life policies. Yesterday, Income's chief Tan Suee Chieh said the old high bonus structure
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    Lock icon Decent exposure
    55 1 WOMEN who take it off for fashion spreads and beauty contests in Vietnam are being ordered to put it back on by the country's culture czars. Some fear that the ruling could embarrass the country when the Miss Universe pageant, which will be broadcast globally, is held here
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Learning goes the way of Facebook and Wikis
      845 1  -  Jane Ng By THE lecture theatres at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) are wired up with a system that records lectures as they are delivered. No more than 10 minutes after that, the clips can be posted online for students to play
      NUS; DESMOND WEE  -  845 words
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon FIGHTING BACK
      553 3  -  Teh Joo Lin Hospital staff arm themselves with self-defence skills as abuse cases rise tt Judith Tan THE man was so agitated when his demand for changes to his medical report was turned down that he threw his haversack on the table and took out a parang. Then
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      Lock icon UN troops 'sexually abusing children'
      577 3 London CHILDREN as young as six are being sexually abused by peacekeepers and aid workers, a leading British charity said yesterday. The group, Save the Children, said its investigators had unearthed widespread evidence of children being traded for food, money, soap and even mobile phones
      CHEW SENG KIM  -  577 words
    • DEFAMATION SUIT AGAINST SDP CHIEF & OTHERS
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        Lock icon Take a leaf from JBJ's book
        62 4 Veteran opposition politician J. B. Jeyaretnam, who recently set up the Reform Party, had discharged himself from bankruptcy so that he can contest future elections, while Dr Chee had "neutered" himself politically by remaining a bankrupt, MM Lee said. "You may believe that being
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        Lock icon Emulate Chiam See Tong and Low Thia Khiang
        107 4 "The SDP was doing very well under Mr Chiam See Tong (below, left), and at one time captured three seats (in Parliament), and it became the de facto leader. You came in, and destroyed the SDP. As a result, the Workers' --Ksa.B*,
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        Lock icon What the case is about
        98 4 IN APRIL 2006, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew sued SDP and its leadership for defamation arising from articles in its newsletter, The New Democrat, which drew parallels between how the Government was run and the National Kidney Foundation under
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        Lock icon Chee a political juvenile and near-psychopath: MM Lee
        796 4  -  Sue-Ann Chia Mr Lee responds to barbs and potshots in cross-examination by Chee and SDP lawyer By MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew called Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) chief Chee Soon Juan a "near-psychopath" and a "political juvenile", while Dr Chee accused MM
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      34 4 Bankers OH/ banking A Don't miss the inside views in BT's banking and finance supplement. IFree with your copy of BT today. Phone attack Man accused of talking too loudly on phone beaten up
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Cover up please, we're Viets
      799 6  -  Roger Mitton Recent crackdown on scanty stage wear comes ahead of Miss Universe contest By Vietnam Correspondent In Hanoi THE culture czars of Vietnam are telling beauty pageant contestants and fashion models to cover up, even as the country gears up to host the Miss
      REUTERS  -  799 words
    • CHINA
      • SICHUAN QUAKE AFTERMATH
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          Lock icon Crisis brings out good side of the 'Me' generation
          753 8  -  Tracy Quek Parents relieved and thrilled by generous spirit of their spoilt, self-centred children By China Correspondent In Beijing OF ALL the adjectives Madam Wang Qunyin could use to describe her son, "generous" would not be the first word to jump
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        • BIG CHALLENGES AHEAD
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            Lock icon 'Quake lake' in danger of overflowing
            159 8 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CHINESE soldiers continued to work non-stop yesterday to dig a giant sluice to ease pressure on a swelling "quake lake" in Tangjiashan, Beichuan county. By midnight yesterday, another 150,000 people had been evacuated from 33 townships in Mianyang city, which encompasses
            REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; XINHUA  -  159 words
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            Lock icon Aftershocks 'likely for two to three months'
            154 8 XINHUA, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AFTERSHOCKS are likely to continue hitting south-west China for two or three months, said a Chinese seismologist. One of magnitude-5.4 struck the region yesterday, with tremors felt in Chengdu. "Judging from previous earthquakes of a similar magnitude, this time the
            XINHUA, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; AFP  -  154 words
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            Lock icon Tracking where relief supplies go
            162 8  -  XINHUA AS SOON as a truck loaded with relief aid arrived at the distribution centre in Dujiangyan, workers and volunteers hurried to take stock, register and store the supplies. Party officials in the city, one of those worst hit by the May 12 quake in
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Japan wants to limit kids' use of cellphones
        572 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Too much time spent on them; kids may be drawn into crime, says panel Tokyo A JAPANESE government panel is calling on parents and schools to help limit the use of mobile phones by children to prevent them
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        Lock icon Upgrade for China's ties with S. Korea
        308 10 XINHUA, BLOOMBERG, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing CHINA and South Korea have agreed to upgrade their relationship to a "strategic cooperative partnership", said Chinese President Hu Jintao and his visiting South Korean counterpart Lee Myung Bak yesterday. "China and South Korea held comprehensive and frank
        XINHUA, BLOOMBERG, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  308 words
    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon Exit the king, enter the kingmaker
        736 11  -  Ravi Velloor NEWS ANALYSIS Maoist leader takes power in Nepal today and his first act is to abolish the monarchy By UNDERGROUND for more than a decade and blamed for 13,000 deaths in an anti-monarchist insurgency, Nepal's Maoist chieftain Prachanda takes power in Kathmandu
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        Lock icon US urges Pakistan's new govt to fight terrorism
        240 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS Bagram (Afghanistan) PAKISTAN'S new government must tackle terrorism in its regions bordering Afghanistan or face more attacks of the kind that killed ex-premier Benazir Bhutto, says the US homeland security chief. Mr Michael Chertoff's comments come as the Pakistani government
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        Lock icon Time for junta to deliver on its promises
        616 12  -  Nirmal Ghosh NEWS ANALYSIS Regime's resolve will be tested next week when aid efforts get under way By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok said the "humanitarian space" that had been opened "needs to be sustained with political support". "We don't want to lose
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        Lock icon S'pore regrets decision on Suu Kyi
        241 12 SINGAPORE, while expressing disappointment with the continued detention of Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, said the junta's decision yesterday to prolong her house arrest should not be used to politicise the urgent humanitarian efforts for the victims of Cyclone Nargis. It said
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        Lock icon Police warn volunteers against giving aid
        570 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Dedaye (Myanmar) MYANMAR police are trying to clear the roads of thousands of cyclone survivors begging for food from passing cars. With little official aid reaching the hardest-hit parts of the Irrawaddy Delta, volunteers from Yangon and other cities have been driving
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; AFP  -  570 words
    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA/MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Malaysian tycoon steps in where others fear to tread
        530 13  -  Leslie Lopez Ananda takes stake in ailing UK publishing firm at a time when investors are wary By South-East Asia Correspondent AT A time when many investors are leery of the prospects of the print-media business, globetrotting Malaysian tycoon T. Ananda
        BLOOMBERG  -  530 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Radical monks join Bangkok anti-govt protest
        323 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Bangkok OPPOSITION to proposals to amend Thailand's national charter has widened after a radical sect of Buddhist monks joined an anti-government protest, camping out in Bangkok's historic district in a scene reminiscent of demonstrations that led to a coup two years ago.
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    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Muhyiddin urges Abdullah to set date for handover
        452 14 REUTERS Umno V-P is first Cabinet minister to publicly seek the Premier's quick exit Kuala Lumpur PRIME Minister Abdullah Badawi must quickly set a timetable for his succession to end the flux in Umno, party vice-presi-dent Muhyiddin Yassin said yesterday, piling pressure
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        Lock icon Speaker denies motion to debate Pedra Branca
        395 14 Kuala Lumpur OPPOSITION lawmakers tried to raise the issue of Pedra Branca in Malaysia's Parliament for the second day yesterday but were prevented from doing so by the Speaker. Meanwhile, Malaysian government agencies are working feverishly to gather information on about 100 islands
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Soaring fuel prices spark Europe protests
      716 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE UK truckers jam major road while French fishermen blockade ports London HUNDREDS of protesting truckers jammed a major route into London yesterday as French and Spanish fishermen blockaded ports amid rising European anger at the soaring cost of fuel.
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    • Article
      Lock icon Taiwan moves to raise fuel prices ahead of schedule
      401 16  -  Ong Hwee Hwee By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei TAKING consumers by surprise, Taiwan's government announced yesterday it would raise fuel prices from today instead of next week, so as to halt panic buying and rampant hoarding of petrol. Electricity charges will
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    • Article
      Lock icon I gave Olmert cash, says corruption probe witness
      297 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSSE, REUTERS Latest testimony may deal a fatal blow to Israeli PM's political survival Jerusalem THE key witness in a corruption probe of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert made a dramatic courtroom appearance yesterday, telling prosecutors that he handed
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon BABY TRAFFICKING: 31 ARRESTED
        126 17  -  BERNAMA JOHOR BARU: Police detained 31 people in connection with an investigation into a "ba-bies-for-sale" syndicate, including the arrest of a couple in Pontian on Monday afternoon. The Johor police chief, Datuk Mokhtar Shariff, said the couple, who had a three-month-old infant with them, had been
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      • Article
        Lock icon CHEN SUES TAIWAN DEFENCE CHIEF
        113 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: Former president Chen Shui-bian sued Taiwan's new defence minister yesterday, for suggesting that he had staged his own shooting on the eve of the 2004 elections. Mr Chen, who left office last week, is seeking NT$lO million (*****,000) in damages from Defence
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      • Article
        Lock icon KL MULLS OVER NUCLEAR ENERGY
        90 17  -  BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is actively researching the use of nuclear power as an alternative energy source, said Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Mr Fadillah Yusof, yesterday. "We are focusing too much on coal, gas and petrol to generate our electricity while hydro
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      • Article
        Lock icon INCEST TEEN WAKES FROM COMA
        115 17 VIENNA: The 19-year-old daughter of Austria's "dungeon monster" Josef Fritzl has woken from her coma, media reports said yesterday. Doctors had feared that Kerstin, born to Fritzl and his daughter Elisabeth during her 24 years in incestuous captivity, would die when her organs failed earlier
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        Lock icon BALLOON LEAVES SKYDIVER BEHIND
        91 17 OTTAWA: A French skydiver's attempt to break the world free fall record failed to get off the ground when his balloon lifted off without him on board. Mr Michel Fournier, 64, had hoped to break four world records by free falling 40,000 m from a balloon
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      Lock icon OKAY NOW, SAY 'CHEESE'
      69 18 Talk about a runaway success. The annual cheese rolling at Gloucester on Monday saw hordes of thrillseekers flipping, slipping and somersaulting down a suicidally steep slope in pursuit of a 4kg wheel of Double Gloucester cheese. Cheese rolling is thought to date back to at least
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    • Article
      Lock icon Teheran holding back data: Nuclear watchdog
      504 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Hard-hitting lAEA report raises fears that Iran still engages in clandestine weapons activities Vienna IN AN unusually strongly worded report, the United Nations nuclear watchdog has said Iran may be withholding information needed to establish whether it tried to make
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    • Article
      Lock icon On-off pursuit of nuclear power
      212 18 REUTERS FEARS that Iran was conducting a clandestine nuclear weapons programme first emerged in August 2002, when an exiled opposition group reported a uranium enrichment facility at Natanz and a heavy water plant at Arak. By the end of the year, the United States had
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Ex-girlfriend squeals on minister who quit
        222 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS CANADA'S embattled Foreign Minister has resigned after leaving a classified document at the home of a former girlfriend who had ties with members of a motorcycle gang. Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in Ottawa on Monday that he had accepted the
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      • Article
        Lock icon Grieving boyfriend in morgue freezer
        186 19 REUTERS A TAIWANESE man grieving over the death of his girlfriend climbed inside a morgue freezer to be with her but was pulled out alive half an hour later, said reports yesterday. The man, identified only by his last name Liao, was discovered on Monday
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      • Article
        Lock icon Peru lawmaker in the doghouse
        120 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS A LAWMAKER is under fire in Peru after he allegedly gunned down a neighbour's schnauzer for harassing his ducks. Ms Nina Ventura de Cardenas, the neighbour, says opposition lawmaker Miro Ruiz shot and killed her 18-month-old dog when it ventured onto his property.
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      27 16 Iran hiding vital info? A hard-hitting UN report says Iran may be withholding information vital to establishing whether it is trying to make nuclear arms. PAGE 18
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      448 20 WHAT is the point of school holidays? Perhaps for students and teachers to recharge batteries and to mentally regroup after a term of hard work. Or maybe to explore beyond the physical and intellectual bounds of school. Very possibly, all of that. But to judge
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      1093 20  -  David Boey EXERCISE LIGHTNING WARRIOR By For The Straits Times a digital network of battlefield sensors terrestrial, aerial and sub-sea that soaks up data from the battle space, transmits the data over wireless networks and presents it to SAF combat leaders on battlefield computers. In
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      707 20  -  Nick Dumbreck »INSURANCE POLICY By For The Straits Times RECENT media coverage of NTUC Income's bonus restructuring has raised important issues about participating life assurance. I would like to share my experience from the UK market, which has gone through challenging times. With-profits or
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      734 21  -  Sim Chi Yin GEORGE YEO'S TRIP TO NORTH KOREA By China Correspondent In Pyongyang WHEN Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo visited the "hermit kingdom recently, eyebrows were raised in diplomatic circles. Was Singapore trying to punch above its weight? Was it proffering economic advice to Pyongyang? Mr
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      998 22  -  Roger Mitton »VIETNAM'S ECONOMY By Vietnam Correspondent In Hanoi IT HAS happened before. In the early *****, there was tremendous excitement when Vietnam's economic reforms (doi moi) kicked in. After decades of communist orthodoxy had almost bankrupted the nation, the change to more free-market policies had a
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      44 20 Vietnam's burden Poor economic management, red tape and graft form a lethal combination to hurt Vietnam's image as a development model. PAGE 22 PUNCHLINES v 1 ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL take two ASPIRJ£ S HAS STARTED AIKIDO CLASSES FOR ITS DOCTORS wot to attack NURSES. NEWS
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      1162 23 Singapore today Imßßk^ Partly cloudy, late morning JL- JL- JL- thunder over manyareas. THE STRAITS TIMES WEDNESDAY, MAY 28 2008 Hl' llrlll USEFUL NUMBERS 5 THINGS YOU CAN ASIA WORLD WEATHER f^ TVVri A V i pvr 35- 1 Emergency lines VvJ ILJLIAY BEIJING V PoHce 999 M^" $ml JLm
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      683 25  -  Arlina Arshad As much as 90 per cent of their customers are Singaporeans By JOHOR petrol station operators and businesses are up in arms over the Malaysian government's move to ban foreign-registered vehicles from topping up their fuel tanks at petrol stations
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      63 25 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK JOHOR Menteri Besar Abdul Ghani Othman said yesterday the move to ban petrol sales will not hurt the tourism industry. "I believe Johor has other attractions for foreigners, and this new ruling will not hamper them from coming in." He said the state
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      567 26  -  Lim Wei Chean For first time, data groups hotels into classes, shows their performance By MID-TIER and upscale hotels have fared best among different types of hotels in the current tourism boom. The Singapore Tourism Board (STB), releasing the latest tourism statistics here,
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        825 28  - MM: A lie against Govt will be pursued even in cyberspace Jeremy Au Yong His political credo is that every lie related to integrity, honour, rectitude of Govt should be nailed By ANY lie that questioned the Government's integrity must be fought, said Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew yesterday. He
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        380 28  -  JEREMY AU YONG PHOTO HOW much is 5,000 divided by 4.6 million? That was the maths question Ms Chee Siok Chin challenged Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to work out on the spot as she tried to prove her party's
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        528 28 Extract from Dr Chee's cross-examination of MM Lee on the issue of integrity MM Lee: The final test is what Singapore was when I became prime minister in 1959 and what Singapore is now. We had less than $100 million in the kitty. Today, between the
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        275 28  -  JEREMY AU YONG MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew believes his job of running Singapore is done, and he now plays nothing more than the part of a data bank. He gave this description of his job in court yesterday when
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      649 29  -  Sue-Ann Chia SDP chief dismisses NGO reports cited by MM with good views of Singapore, listing instead those that rate the country poorly By SINGAPORE Democratic Party (SDP) chief Chee Soon Juan yesterday questioned the types of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) whose
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      284 29 Exchange between Dr Chee Soon Juan and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew on the merits of the Singapore system: Dr Chee: In Hong Kong, people thrive without you and your system. In Taiwan, people thrive without you and your system. In Korea, people
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      637 29  -  Zakir Hussain By THE Chee siblings have abused the court process with their pattern of repeatedly seeking to insult, annoy and scandalise Not only that, they had also "frittered away their time" by failing to pose any substantive questions or make any real case
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      454 29  -  ZAKIR HUSSAIN THE defamation by the Chee siblings was more than just an attack on him and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said yesterday. It was also an attack on the entire Government and that was why he
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      476 29 TURNING IT INTO A CIRCUS "Nowhere else in the world would you find the leaders of a country prepared to come to court to be cross-examined by their political opponents. But to turn that into a circus, a farce, to damage the court's standing,
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      523 30  -  Jane Ng Yes, nation welcomes individuals' uniqueness, says minister to SMS queries from students By ABOUT 600 pre-university students had a chance to lob questions at a minister yesterday on the broad topic Global City, Home For All. And they did
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      104 30 IT'S not just a matter of playing dress up for some pre-teen girls who behave well beyond their years. Media influence, peer pressure and pop culture conspire to make some "tweens" anxious to cultivate a sophisticated body image. They may be courting
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      444 31  -  Khushwant Singh Misadventure verdict on three-month-old's death after surgery for heart abnormalities By LAST year, doctors told a security guard and his wife, who was then six months pregnant, that their baby had heart abnormalities and would need major surgery after
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      232 31  -  SELINA LUM A 45-YEAR-OLD Singaporean man was yesterday ordered to stand trial in the High Court for the murder of his China-born teenage stepdaughter. Ong Pang Siew, a private bus driver, is accused of killing Ong Pan Hui, 15, at her mother's Marsiling flat
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      91 32  -  Catherine Lira (Dr) I REFER to yesterday's report "Mas Selamat escape: Detention centre superintendent gets the sack". So the Government has sought closure to the Mas Selamat saga by handing out an assortment of punishments to the nine, mainly low-ranking, officers and guards whose security
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      179 32  -  Jason Chiam I REFER to Senior Minister of State for Finance and Transport Lim Hwee Hua's response on Monday in Parliament on the issue of seat belts in mini buses. Mrs Lim mentioned that it was a complicated issue that would require three to six
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      401 32  -  S. Ganesamoorthy I REFER to yesterday's letter by Mr David Soh Poh Huat ("School hols should not mean more classes") and the report on Monday ("School holiday? What holiday?"). I am puzzled as to why parents object to their children attending special classes
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      200 32  -  Mustafa Ahmad I REFER to yesterday's report "No petrol for foreign motorists within 50km of Malaysian borders". Many will agree that petrol subsidies, if any, should be enjoyed only by Malaysians. However, the ruling does not take three situations into account. First,
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      105 32  -  Adry Zamani THE Housing and Development Board (HDB) should be stricter on frivolous applicants for its new flats ("HDB targets frivolous applicants", last Friday). The HDB should also allow singles over 35 years of age to apply for flats rejected by sue- cessful
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      412 32  -  Patrick Tan I READ with disbelief about the General Insurance Association's (GIA) move yesterday requiring motorists to report any accident, however minor, within 24 hours ("24 hours to report all accidents to insurers"). Such a ruling can only lead to additional costs for the insurers,
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      106 32 TRAIN FARES MR HO KAI MENG: "The current MRT-LRT fare charges are unfair. For example: A standard one-way train fare from Woodlands MRT station to Jurong East MRT station costs only $1.50, whereas a standard one-way train fare from Keat Hong LRT station to Jurong East
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      103 32 PARKING AT SGH MR GREG TING: "I refer to the Urban Redevelopment Authority's (URA) reply 'Grace period given, but one hour is too long' (May 19). Is a grace period the appropriate solution? If the underlying problem is that motorists are finding it difficult
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      50 32 MR JAMES WONG: "I am disappointed that Sunday night's charity fundraiser for the China quake-relief effort by MediaCorp required viewers who called in to donate to pay 0.214 cents for the administration fee plus GST. Are MediaCorp and the telcos making money out of a charity show?"
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      63 32 NOVEL DONATION DRIVE MR CHA SWEE LEONG: "I suggest that the Traffic Police set aside a day's collection of fines paid by traffic offenders and donate the money to Myanmar's cyclone-relief and China's earthquake-relief efforts. This will encourage offenders to pay up on
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      91 32 FUMING UNHEALTHY MR TAN TENG WEI, a regular jogger: "Why are tour buses at Mt Faber allowed to wait at parks with their engines on? Try jogging past four tour buses spewing exhaust fumes and you will probably feel that
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      64 32 STAYING SEATED #1... MR NELSON QUAH: "I agree with Mr James Kwok, 'Uniform lack of public courtesy' (May 16). Take the early morning train and you will find students occupying the seats instead of voluntarily giving them up to the elderly or pregnant women in their
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      78 32 MR LIM SWEE THIAM: "I am not young, and neither am I part of the police or armed forces, but the constant criticisms of these groups for hogging seats are exaggerating the point. Young people do get tired or distracted. Also, some passengers prefer to
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      64 32 FACE MASKS MR MICHAEL LOH: "With the rise of hand, foot and mouth disease and the bird flu lurking, food vendors, such as open-concept bakeries, have instructed their staff to wear paper face masks while handling food. It's a good idea except that I
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      43 32 For more readers' views, log on to straitstimes. com. Access to letters online is free. WORK HARD, PLAY HARD, DIE HARD: Singaporeans FOR ART'S SAKE: Museum hours HORROR RIDE: Elderly commuter's experience HAVE A HEART: Bank service BEAUTIFUL FLAT, UGLY DISCOVERY: Dream condo
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      747 33  -  Wang Meng Meng World Cup winners Brazil want Olympic gold to complete their set of soccer honours By FIVE World Cups, eight Copa Americas, two Confederations Cups and four World Youth Championships. Such an impressive CV can only belong to one team Brazil. Yet, an Olympic gold remains elusive.
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      205 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE »SOCCER London A FURIOUS Liverpool have told Chelsea that Spanish striker Fernando Torres is not for sale at any price. Chelsea were reportedly preparing a world record bid of £50 million (*****.6 million) to lure Torres after his stunning debut season in the Premier
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      76 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE "Sacked One", Avram Grant, has denied that he is suing Chelsea. The Times reported that the Israeli coach wanted a pay-off closer to the £12 million (5532.3 million) Jose Mourinho received. But Grant, 53, said: "There are no problems with Chelsea." He also denied receiving
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      195 33 London FORGET a return to Chelsea. Jose Mourinho is expected to be named as Inter Milan's coach by the end of this week. More significantly, he is expected to conduct a raid on his former club. According to reports in Portugal, Mourinho, who has been taking Italian
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      78 33 AMERICAN swimmer Mark Spitz won a record seven golds in the pool at the 1972 Munich Games. Shane Gould, then 15, won three golds, a silver and a bronze while swimming in a record 12 races. Tragically, the most powerful images of the Games were
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        47 33 REUTERS BEIJING: Pollution levels rose sharply in Beijing on Tuesday, just two months before the Olympics, prompting authorities to warn residents with respiratory problems to stay indoors. Air quality in the capital was rated as "heavily polluted" due to a sandstorm from Mongolia.
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        49 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: China's Liv Xiang, the 110-metre hurdles Olympic champion, admits he would gladly swop the fame that accompanies his success for a less chaotic life. "Four years ago, nobody recognised me," he said. "Being famous is sometimes a good thing, sometimes not."
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        44 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: China's diving gold medallist, Hu Jia, has given up hopes of defending his title in Beiiing. Sidelined by injuries over the past three years, Hu, 25, a 10m specialist, finally gave up on a comeback.
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      280 33 Alex Ferguson has told the Manchester United board he wants to conclude his £50 million (*****.6 million) summer spree within the next two weeks. Sevilla's Brazilian pair of Daniel Alves and Luis Fabiano, and Manchester City defender Micah Richards are at the top of his wish list. Barcelona
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      555 34 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS »TENNIS At least 30 of the 72 ties are postponed because of bad weather Paris TORRENTIAL rain swamped Roland Garros yesterday. That left the French Open with a backlog of first-round matches and Maria Sharapova was forced to wait another day to
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      684 34 REUTERS, INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE Paris IF ANYONE was pleased to see the back of Justine Henin, it was Jelena Jankovic. The Serb faced Henin, who had won the French Open in four of the previous five years, across the net nine
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      49 34 Men's singles (at press time): Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) bt Thomas Johansson (Swe) 6-3 6-3 6-3, Stanilas Wawrinka (Sui) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 6-3 6-4 6-3. Women's singles: Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) bt Aiko Nakamura (Jpn) 6-2 6-3, Dinara Safina (Rus) bt Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukr) 6-1 6-3.
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      241 34 ASSOCIATED PRESS Paris BEING the youngest player at the French Open can have its advantages. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, a 16-year-old Russian qualifier who just graduated from high school, won for the first time at a major tournament on Monday. She beat Maria Emilia Salerni of Argentina
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      477 34 ASSOCIATED PRESS MOTOR RACING Indianapolis DANICA Patrick did not win in Sunday's Indianapolis 500, one of motor racing's biggest races. She did not even come close, really. But she managed to remain the centre of attention after a pit road accident left her strutting menacingly toward
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      337 34  -  Wang Meng Meng SWIMMING By WHEN Yip Pin Xiv launched herself into the pool yesterday at the 22nd International German Swimming Championships in Berlin, she broke not one, but two world records. The 16-year-old disabled swimmer she suffers from muscular dystrophy began
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      261 34 »GOLF London BUTCH Harmon, the most famous golf coach in the world, believes that there are players within the game who are using per-formance-enhancing drugs. The European and US Tours will start drug testing in July, and Harmon, 64, believes it
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      432 35  -  Terrence Voon soccer Skipper Indra is doubtful for World Cup qualifier against Uzbekistan, while Hariss has been ruled out By SINGAPORE'S preparations for Monday's World Cup qualifier against Uzbekistan have hit a bump in the road. Captain Indra Sahdan Daud, 29, is doubtful for the crucial
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      558 35 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE "The captain is (John) Terry. I told him and he was very happy." FABIO CAPELLO, on naming the skipper for England's match against the US London JOHN Terry has been handed a salve to soothe his wounds from the penalty miss that saw
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      509 35 REUTERS, INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE Sydney LESS than a year ago, the football players of war-torn Iraq were the sports story of 2007 for winning the Asian Cup. Now, they are in limbo. Fifa president Sepp Blatter yesterday handed the Iraqi government an ultimatum: Reverse
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      243 35 REUTERS Florence THE official match ball for Euro 2008 will cause goalkeepers more problems than usual because of its erratic flight, Italy's reserve goalkeeper Marco Amelia said yesterday. The build-up to big tournaments is often dominated by goalkeepers worrying about new balls, which are brought out
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      657 36 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL McDyess gives his all as Detroit beat Boston 94-75 to level series at 2-2 Auburn Hills (Michigan) NOT a broken nose, not the death of his beloved grandmother, not a symphony of referees' whistles and not the Boston Celtics could stop the Detroit Pistons' Antonio
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      126 36 Beat them! Pistons show how THE Detroit Pistons gave an exhibition on how to beat the National Basketball Association's best team. Here is how they did it: Pistons made the Celtics take an extra dribble to make the pass, thereby throwing out their rhythm passing a foundation on which Boston
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      96 36 When: Saturday Starting and end point: Changi Point (Changi Beach Park) Start times: Ultra-marathon, corporate and team challenge 8.30pm Marathon 11.59pm End time on Sunday: 11am Prizes: The ultra-marathon men's and women's Open winners will get a trip to this year's Berlin Marathon, and a one-year adidas
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      468 36  -  Terrence Voon »MARATHON By COME Saturday night, the Eastern part of Singapore will literally be set aglow. Organisers of the adidas Sundown Marathon Asia's first night ultra-mar-athon will pepper the route with about 1,000 glow sticks to light the way for runners. More than
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      261 36 REUTERS CRICKET Kingston STUART Clark took a ca-reer-best five wickets for 32 runs to bowl Australia to a 95-run win against the West Indies on Monday. The Australians are now 1-0 up in the best-of-three Tests series. Chasing a target of 287 on the
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        55 36 THE Football Association of Singapore will conduct trials today and Friday to recruit players for the AFC Women's Under-19 Championship qualifiers in October. The trials will be at the Republic Polytechnic from 8.30 am to 10am. Singapore citizens born from 1990 are welcome to
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        98 36 ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS: Fijian golfer Vijay Singh has withdrawn from this week's Memorial tournament because of a rib injury he suffered last week. South African Ernie Els is also skipping the event, although no reason was given on his website. That would leave the
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      238 36  -  Christopher Ong »RUGBY By FOR RUGBY player Malek Faizal, 16, the past two days have been an eye-opener. He was one of about 50 students, aged between 16 and 18 years, to attend the first Standard Chartered National Rugby Academy clinic at Evans
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      132 36 BASKETBALL NBA play-offs s-finals (best-of-seven series) Eastern Conference: Detroit 94 Boston 75 (series tied 2-2). CRICKET Fifth and final day of Ist Test in Kingston: Australia 431 (R.Ponting 158; F.Edwards 5-104) and 167 (A.Symonds 79; D. Bravo 4-47). West Indies 312 (R.Morton 67, S.Chanderpaul 118) and 191 (Clark 5-32).
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      571 33 Exam is just a game! Is your child winning in PSLE/'O' Levels? El By Dr. Ernest Wong, Educator, Psychologist In my 22 years (since 1985) of I wanted to help and I wanted to do V Overcome laziness working with children from something about it. I felt strongly that VBe
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      155 33 days to go i SPORTS BET ING WITH THE LEGAL BOOKMAKER International Football Singapore Bahrain Wed, 28/05/08 7.30pm International Football Russia Serbia Thu, 29/05/08 I.ooam International Football England USA Thu, 29/05/08 3.05 am International Football Holland Denmark Fri, 30/05/08 2.00 am Win a trip to Japan to watch i Club
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      90 36 TV times CRICKET: The Friends Provident Trophy (Live, Chi 10, 6.58pm). IPL Mohali v Jaipur (Live, Chill, 10.20pm). CYCLING: Tour of Italy: Stage 17 (Live, Chi 13, 10pm). SOCCER: International friendlies: Russia v Serbia (Live, Ch27, tomorrow, 12.55 am), England v USA (Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 3am). TENNIS: French Open: Day
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      88 37 The family of the late CHAN CHIM FOON Departed on 22 May 2008 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations, prayers and wreaths during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to Doctors nurses of Ward 35,
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      63 37 Ist Year Anniversary RAMSAMY RAMALINGAM Departed on 9 June 2007 Dearly missed and forever remembered by Wife: K. Kammachi Son: Daughter-in-law: R. Ramesh K. Nirmala Daughter: Son-in-law: R. Parameswari Philix Joseph Grandchildren, relatives and all loved ones. Prayers will be held on 29 May 2008 (Thur) at 7pm at Sri
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      51 37 [n Loving Memory MRS KWOK SIEW FONG Departed 28 May 2001 A beloved face we'll never forget Of a dear one gone but cherished yet Who still brings back sweet memories Of the wonderful times that we had. Fondly remembered bi Husband: Eddy, Children: Isaak, [mm Mvi, Albert, Wend Grandson:
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      51 37 AL-FATIHAH The family of the late Allahyarham ABDUL JALI B HJ OMAR Age: 77 Departed on 25.05.2008 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind assistance, condolences and donations during their recent bereavement. May Allah bless his soul Amin. Tel: *****594/
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      125 37 HENRY LEONG YEW KONG Age: 56 Passed away peacefully on 25 May 2008, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Chew Siew Hong Sons: Daughters-in-law: Benjamin Leong Grace Wong Chui Pinn Jeremy Leong Mun Kiat Adeline Lam Shi Ting Brothers: Sisters-in-law: (Leong Yew Hui, deceased) Leong Yew Hong Daie Chew Ling Leong
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      52 37 OM NAMO •ygIVAYA GOVINDARASU Age: 90 Departed on 27-5-08 Sadly missed by loved ones (Wife: Parvathy.deceased) Sons: (Pannier Selvam, deceased) Palanisamy, Vijayan,(Ramakrishnan, deceased)& Panctia Varanam Daughters-in-law: Halimah Amara all relatives friends. Cortege leaves today, 28-5-08,4pm, from BLK 10, #10-77, TECK WHYE AYE Tel: *****306 for cremation at Mandai Crematorium, Hall
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      26 37 Dearest Papa/ GongGonj ROBERT YEO Departed 28 May 06 We miss you very much Luv Always: Mummy, James, Jane, Tony, Yin Leng, Kelvin, Pat all grandchildren
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      13 37 In Loving Memory of Matthew Long Deeply Missed By Amelia, Alex, Alexis Alyssa
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      102 37 ARULMARY W/O S. FRANCIS Age: 73 was called home to be with the Lord on 26 May 2008, dearly missed and always remembered by loved ones. Husband: Sorammanni Francis Sons: Sister: Sagayanathan Santamary Retchagadas Joseph Daughters: Sons-in-law: Alice Anthony Francis Margaret Ravi Virginia Michael Angeline Adrian Gerardine (deceased) Prabha (deceased)
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      60 37 Athma Shanti Pooja JAYARAMAN PALAMALAI Born: 08 July 1949 Departed: 17 May 2008 Sadly missed by wife (R.Susila), mother, son, daughter-in-law, daughters, son-in-law, grandchildren loved ones. Athma Shan tiPooja will be heldon3l May (Sat) at 7pm at 32 Jalan Intan 4/1, Taman Intan, ***** Kluang Johor. Please treat this as
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      186 37 nThe Lord ut my Shepherd, Idhall not be in want,.. Surely goodnedJ and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. n PSALM 23 MDM TUNG LOH TEH Age: 92 was called borne to be with the
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      21 37 32ndANNlVERSARY WILGIE HENG IRENE THEIN Departed 28 May 1976 Departed 19 July 2006 Always remembered by son Dato John Heng family
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        7409 38 TRANSACTION DATE: MAY 27, 2008 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 'VOL 'OOO DAY HIGH LOW NET P/E M CAP SMIL 0R28 5 11C 3C 24 5 42 141 195 15 24 18 61 17 5 15 43 5 126 34 5 16 134
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        1417 38 52-WEEK IEL HIGH LOW CODE SMIL COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 'VOL ORDAV ■OOO HIGH NET LOW MCAP P/E 3C 41.; 31 16.; 38 70.; 22.; li.; 44.; 78 i;.; i; 16.; 17.1 2; 9C 43 19.; 88 21 2.3 1 41.2 19.3 21 11.; 21.; 4;.; 14.;
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        57 38 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E $MI 620C 100C 1120C 1250C 398.3 3977 c 116 6065 Diamonds 5200 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** 6101 ISS&P500 ***** 6170 SPDRS 288 6009 STI ETF 3013.7 6010 STIETFIOPV US20C US620C US100C
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      524 39 Ex-Fed chief also thinks it is too soon to tell if worst of credit crisis is over THE United States is still more likely than not to have a recession in spite of the relative stabilisation in the economy in recent weeks, Mr
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      278 39 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS New York SALES of new homes in the United States rose an unexpected 3.3 per cent last month from March, to a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 526,000, a Commerce Department report showed yesterday. The spike in sales was
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      32 39 AFP Yesterday's close: 13,893.31 (+203.12 points) Japanese share prices closed up 1.48 per cent, as investors went bargain-hunting a day after sharp falls, despite jitters about high oil prices.
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      24 39 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,274.24 (+0.87 point) Malaysian share prices closed 0.1 per cent higher, as bargain-hunting ended a five-day losing streak.
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      31 39 AFP Yesterday's close: 24,282.04 (+154.73 points) Hong Kong share prices rose 0.64 per cent, as investors sought out bargains after sharp falls in the last three sessions.
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      25 39 AFP Yesterday's close: 16,275.59 (-72.91 points) »Indian share prices fell 0.45 per cent in choppy trade, weighed down by high crude oil prices.
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      34 39 AFP Yesterday's close: 3,375.41 (+10.86 points) Chinese shares closed up 0.32 per cent, led by securities firms, despite concerns over high oil prices and the effect of inflation on corporate earnings.
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      36 39 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,397 (-22.73 points) Indonesian shares ended 0.9 per cent lower, as most stocks reversed course and gave up early gains ahead of the release of inflation figures for last month.
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      30 39 AFP Yesterday's close: 5,714.4 (+7.4 points) Australian share prices finished up 0.1 percent, as investors sat on the sidelines in the absence of leads from Wall Street.
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      26 39 AFP Yesterday's close: 855.6 (-1.2 points) Thai shares closed 0.14 percent lower, reflecting investor concerns over the kingdom's political situation after antigovernment protests.
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      10 39 YESTERDAY'S CLOSE: 3,11 5.35
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      1282 39 Bonds, Loans Warrants 52-WEEK I EL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY TRADED Y LASI V( SALE i/OLUME '000 13 5 5 8756 Asiatic W*****2 9 +15 1C 24 5 20 5 4267 BiosensorDBeCW*****5 20 5 -2 1C 22 5 3 5 3666 CapitalanBNPeCW080G09 4 5 -2 5 23C 10 3
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      110 39 May 27 Stock Name Close Change CapitaLand 6.300 CapitaMall 3.270 +0.02C CityDev 11.060 +0.06C Cosco Corp 3.370 +0.08C DBS Grp 19.320 F&N 4.840 +0.06C Gent Intl 0.585 +0.01C HK Land 4.720 +0.04C ISH 17.680 -0.26C lardine C&C 16.560 +0.06C Keppel Corp 11.540 -0.02C Keppel Land 5.440
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      55 39 Jade Tech 79,397,000 Oceanus 74,448,000 Golden Agri 62,000,000 Gentlntl 27,308,000 Yangzijiang 22,505,000 Sing Tel 22,459,000 Firstlink 20,073,000 SouthernPkg 16,820,000 Li Heng 14,987,000 Sing Tel DBeCWOBO9OB 14,614,000 May 27 DBS DB eCWOBIOI3 12,735,000 China Energy 12,623,000 China Hongxing 12,548,000 CapitalanMßLeCWoBo9o3 11,697,000 STI 3200SGAePW080B27 11,587,000 JiutianC 11,548,000 SGX 10,858,000 CapitalandDßeCWoBlo27
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      135 39 May 27 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT )F FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling lust dollar 1.3020 1.3170 Ian dollar 1.3670 1.3840 iuro 2.1410 2.1640 (lalaysian ringgit* ..0.4193 0.4200 <Z dollar 1.0660 1.0890 Sterling pound 2.6860 2.7170 JS dollar 1.3550 1.3710 SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO 100
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      247 40 REUTERS Hong Kong THE chairman of China's Country Garden Holdings has agreed to pay US$l.3 billion (551.77 billion) for 26 per cent of Hong Kong's main broadcaster TVB, the Financial Times (FT) reported yesterday. Mr Yeung Kwok Keung, chairman of the property
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      Lock icon Sun Hung Kai chairman replaced by his mother, 79
      403 40 AFP AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BLOOMBERG NEWS Walter Kwok also loses CEO post following feud, and is now a non-executive director Hong Kong HONG KONG'S largest property firm Sun Hung Kai yesterday ousted Mr Walter Kwok as its chairman, replacing him with his
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      Lock icon SMEs stepping up game despite challenging times
      459 41  -  Ong Bi Hui ONG BI HUI Confidence slips slightly for Asian firms, but many still looking to expand By DARK clouds may be gathering on the economic front but that has not significantly dented the confidence of small businesses in Singapore over their
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        300 42  -  Chia Van Mm By DISASTERS can strike at any time, and small and medi-um-sized enterprises (SMEs) that do not plan for calamities risk losing their businesses. The warning comes from IBM Singapore's general manager, Mr Nicholas Tan, who added that it simply makes good business
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        297 42 iHiMjaoa I heard about Spring's standardisation programme and its activities from my business partners. I am interested in participating. Where can I find more information? Spring Singapore, as the national standards body, coordinates the national standardisation programme, which develops voluntary Singapore
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        1170 43  -  Ong Bi Hui Alex Lav and Charles Ong started a company to help the environment at a time when the industry was still budding. Last year, their venture earned revenue of $2m By BACK in 2002, when the green energy
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      469 44  -  Bryan Lee Investment company names senior execs to lead charge into fast-growing region By TEMASEK Holdings has set its sights on Latin America, appointing two investment heads to lead its charge into the fast-growing region. The Singapore investment company said yesterday it had roped
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      Lock icon Experts forecast slump in petrochem industry
      410 44  -  Yang Huiwen By THE global petrochemical industry has been warned of a potentially severe downturn in the years ahead, as a result of record-high crude oil prices. The industry produces by-products of petroleum, such as plastics, used in a vast range of consumer and
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      330 44  -  Chia Van Mm By THE business receipts index, which measures activity in the services sector, rose a robust 19.1 per cent in the first quarter from a year ago. Total receipts rose 0.9 per cent from the fourth quarter of last year. The rise was
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      731 45  -  Goh Eng Yeow COMMENTARY Investors query delay, want results to see if they can seek recourse By Markets Correspondent IT HAS been almost two months since the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) began investigating the failed takeover of Jade Technologies by Dr
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      343 45  -  Yang Huiwen TAKING STOCK By AFTER five days mired in negative territory, the market dragged itself out of the doldrums to post a gain, although it was nothing much to shout about. Bargain hunters and gains in other Asian bourses managed to lift the
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      42 45 (0) May 27 IMH STXP0KW100 Lyxor China H 100S$ Sino-Env Lyxor Korea 100S$ B Sembawang UOB MBL ICW*****0 CENTS 3262 338 1712 172 479 918 647 30.0 18.0 16.4 15.0 15.0 13.0 13.0 0.7 5.6 0.7 9.6 2.4 1.4 2.1
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      36 45 May 27 Digiland NobleGrpSGAeCW*****0 CapltalandD BeCW***** Flrstlink W120B14 loyas DragonGp luken Tech CENTS 1 19.5 8 4 20 18 16 100.0 39.3 33.3 33.3 33.3 28.6 23.1 0.5 5.5 2.0 1.0 5.0 4.0 3.0
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      41 45 (0) May 27 BMT ISH SGX MBL ICW*****3 Venture Corp CIMBAsean40 lOOIISS Spore Land DBS MBL eCW*****8 CENTS 1800 1768 312 1010 962 629 42.5 80.0 35.4 35.0 30.0 27.2 16.0 12.5 4.3 1.4 10.1 2.9 2.0 2.5 22.7
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      43 45 May 27 Semb CorpMBLeCW***** DBS MBL eCW*****3 Chasen 10k STI 3600SGAeCW*****7 Top Global Ltd R UOB RB ePW*****8 CapltalanBNPeCW***** CENTS 0.5 3 0.5 1.5 0.5 0.5 4.5 92.9 62.5 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 35.7 6.5 5.0 0.5 1.5 0.5 0.5 2.5
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      195 45  -  GOH ENG YEOW ANG SWEE TIAN BUYS 50,000 COSCO SHARES INSIDERS continue to register a big vote of confidence in Cosco Corp with their purchases of shares of the firm on the open market. The latest to buy was independent director Ang Swee Tian, who snapped up 50,000
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      352 45  -  GOH ENG YEOW WARRANT WATCH BEARISH reports put out recently by analysts on the Singapore property market have failed to dampen traders' appetite for covered warrants issued on property counters by foreign banks. Yesterday, a call warrant issued by Deutsche Bank (DB)
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      566 46  -  Lorn a Tan Tan Kin Lian now more conciliatory after talks with CEO, management By Finance Correspondent NTUC Income's former boss has put his high-profile protest over bonus payments on hold, just three days before the insurer stages what had promised
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      86 46 Mid Cap 793.69 A 2.33 Health care 792.64 Y-10.20 Small Cap 673.99 A 0.13 Consumer services 805.95 A 6.34 All Share 797.64 A 2.59 Telecoms 913.96 A 6.27 Fledgling 717.83 T -2.49 Utilities 637.23 T-33.19 China 474.59 A 3.37 Financials 806.02 A 0.65 Oil and gas 791.94
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      242 46  -  »SIOM OR MORE FOR EACH UNIT A LUXURY condominium in the posh Nassim area has turned in surprisingly good preview sales, even as property analysts are predicting a sharp slowdown in the high-end home segment. Buyers have taken up 38 units at Nassim
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      413 94  -  Gloria Chandy Acting Editor gloria@sph. com. sg A few weeks ago, while I was having a manicure, a woman walked into the nail salon with her daughter. The girl must have been seven or eight years old at the most. And
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      281 94 THURSDAY, MAY 29 Endo Questions Answered: Attend this talk to better understand the symptoms of endometriosis and how to overcome endo/menstrual pain. The event is supported by the Endometriosis Asia-Pacific Endometriosis Alliance. Scorebot Cafe, 18 Bali Lane, 7.30 to 8.30pm. Visit www.shineworldwide. com/seas_register.html. Free SATURDAY, MAY 31 Health
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        114 96 As your children grow and start to explore the world around them, it's important to support their growth with a well-balanced and nutritious diet. A diet that includes probiotics (beneficial bacteria) may even help in the development of the immune system. NAN®
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        196 96 In last year's survey of sexually active women, about 2O» were not prepared for an unwanted pregnancy, yet did not use any contraceptive method The Obstetrical £t Gynaecological Society of Singapore wants couples here to "Say Yes!" to sexual responsibility. That's the message of its 2008
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        116 96 According to the Global Lung Cancer Coalition (www.lungcancercoalition.org): ILung cancer is the biggest cancer killer in the world causing more deaths than breast and prostate cancers combined. 2 Every 30 seconds, someone in the world dies of lung cancer. 3 About 40 per cent of
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        132 96 IThe watermelon is not a fruit but a vegetable and is of the same botanical family as cucumbers, pumpkins and squash. They were first harvested in Egypt about 5,000 years ago and are now grown in almost 100 countries, says www.fabulousfoods.com 2 There are
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      813 99 Fourteen-year-old Zi How (right) has to inject the missing clotting factor into his bloodstream whenever he bleeds. JUNE CI IEONG finds out more about his blood disorder A cut, scrape or bruise may be a routine childhood rite of passage for most of us but
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        527 102  -  June Cheong Rachelle Frederick is typical of most 11-year-old girls in Singapore. The Indian-Chinese Singaporean at a mixed school loves American television sensation Miley Cyrus (right) and pop idols like Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson. She prefers wearing sleeveless tanktops on weekend
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        231 103 The New York Times The claim: Smoking can cause the loss of hair. The facts: If an increased risk of respiratory illness, cancer and heart disease are not reason enough for many smokers to consider quitting, than perhaps a message focused on hair instead
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        118 105 Want to recapture that youthful glow you've lost? You can do that in a few short weeks, says Gamier, by using its new range of skincare products Age Lift. They contain Pro-Xylane™, a beech tree extract that, the makers say, is a powerful anti-ageing ingredient that boosts the
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        89 105 Cold-pressed extra virgin olive oil has powerful antioxidant properties and helps replenish moisture in skin. Oliva has combined it with other skin-healing and skin-restorative ingredients like shea butter, Vitamin E, canola and corn oil in its formulas to create a new range of skin rejuvenation products. It
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        98 105 Scented candles, incense, fragrant oils and aromatherapy in pretty containers are the hallmark of British brand Ashleigh a Burwood which recently opened a store here. You can choose from a range of wax essentials candles in many forms made from 100 per cent palm oil and natural
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        437 106 THE PERMANENT PAIN CURE By Ming Chew with Stephanie Golden McGraw-Hill/256 pages/ $39.95 Manhattan-based physical therapist Ming Chew promises a simple, drug-free exercise and rehabilitation programme that can be done in just 15 minutes a day. His brand of alternative medicine centres on the
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        321 106  -  Clara Chow ZANY, ZEAL, ZEST AND ZING: THE Z WAY TO HAPPINESS By Zaibun World Scientific/ 105 pages/$23 before GST Of late, books about how too much happiness is bad for you have become trendy. Against Happiness by Eric G. Wilson, which was published earlier this
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      177 106 What's shaped like a heart, beautiful to look at, nice to eat and is good for you? Strawberries, says an article on health website webMD.com. This potent little berry can protect your heart, increase HDL (good) cholesterol, lower your blood pressure and guard against cancer. It's also packed
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        274 108  -  Dr Stephen Lee 01 have a five-year-old daughter who was diagnosed with a nose allergy when she was two. Whenever she has an attack, she has a severe coughing fit and her nose runs. She coughs a lot when she lies down. The GP said
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        330 108  -  Dr Raymond Ngo Ol'm a woman of 38 and I have suffered discomfort in the throat for more than two months. I think I accidentally swallowed a small chicken bone. But I've had an X-ray which showed nothing. Why do I still have this feeling? A Anyone
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        180 108  -  My little girl who is two years old has just had chicken pox. She didn't scratch the scabs. But some of them were rubbed off accidentally, or they just fell off. I can see that there are little indentations where that occurred. Does that
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        589 110  -  CYNTHIA LOW Apples are a cook's best friend as they are easily available and can be added to many recipes, says For a cook, apples are a universal fruit. Cakes, desserts and even savoury dishes can be improved with the addition of an apple or
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        288 111 F&N churns out new drinks so fast, it's hard to keep up with what's new. Of the two new offerings you will find on supermarket shelves is yet another version of that good old childhood favourite chocolate milk. F&N Magnolia Go! is a nutritious food drink
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